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News & Events: March 2016

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Family Finance Seminar – Winchester

Pump Court Chambers Family Finance Team is pleased to announce its annual round of seminars, providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue Holiday Inn Winchester, Telegraph Way, Morn Hill, Winchester, SO21 1HZ (map) Schedule 12:30 – 13:00 – Registration / Working Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 – Annual Financial Remedies […]

Blog 23rd March 2016

Periodical payments and needs

Practitioners are all aware of Mr Justice Mostyn’s view in B v S (Financial Remedy: Marital Property Regime) [2012] 2 FLR 502 that periodical payments are there to meet (save in exceptional cases) needs alone but the opportunity for the Court of Appeal to consider that was not taken up in the recent case of […]

Blog 22nd March 2016

Starbucks takes a roasting: Employee with dyslexia succeeds in her Equality Act claims

Meseret Kumulchew v Starbucks Coffee Company UK Limited 2301217/2014 G The coffee giant found itself in hot water as the Employment Tribunal upheld complaints of discrimination on the basis of reasons arising from disability and failure to make reasonable adjustments, as well as sex discrimination, victimisation, and detriment for whistleblowing. Ms Kumulchew, the Claimant, was […]

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Children Law Seminar – Portsmouth

Pump Court Chambers cordially invite you to our Annual Children Law Seminar on 9th June 2016. Our speakers will be reviewing the notable recent decisions and providing practical advice to give an overview of essential issues which will update delegates on law, practice and procedure. Venue The Holiday Inn, Pembroke Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2TA Schedule […]

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Family Finance Seminar – Bournemouth

Pump Court Chambers Family Finance Team is pleased to announce our annual Bournemouth Family Finance Seminar, providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue The Green House Hotel, 4 Grove Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3AX (map) Schedule 12:30 – 13:00 – Registration / Working Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 – Annual Financial […]

Blog 17th March 2016

Adopting a cautious approach

Celebratory adoption hearings are, with good reason, joyous occasions. Often, they are the happy ending to a child’s long, arduous and sad journey through the care system. In fairy tale terms, they are the celebration that lasts for three days and three nights, after the dragon has been slain and the hand of the prince(ss) […]

News 15th March 2016

Canon Jeremy Pemberton granted leave to appeal

The President of the Employment Appeals Tribunal, Mrs Justice Simler D.B.E. granted Canon Jeremy Pemberton leave to appeal against the Employment Tribunal’s decision in his action against the Right Reverend Richard Inwood, the former acting Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. Justin Gau, together with Sean Jones QC and Helen Trotter have been instructed by Thomas […]

Blog 14th March 2016

Broadhurst v Tan; Taylor v Smith [2016] EWCA Civ 94

Broadhurst v Tan; Taylor v Smith [2016] EWCA Civ 94: Claimants will be entitled to recover costs on the indemnity basis where they beat their own Part 36 offer in personal injury cases which no longer proceed under the RTA Protocol (and will not be restricted to recovering fixed costs under r.45.29B and r.45.29C). Summary […]

News 10th March 2016

Former officer faces substantial sentence

James Newton-Price has successfully prosecuted a former Bedfordshire policeman who ‘trawled’ Facebook to find vulnerable teenage girls for sex. Mohammad Arshad 35, of Luton, groomed underage girls online and pestered them for sex, sometimes paying them, St Albans Crown Court heard. He began abusing girls in 2012 when he was a CCTV operator in Luton […]

Past Events

Family Finance Seminar – Brighton

Pump Court Chambers Family Finance Team is pleased to announce our annual Brighton Family Finance Seminar, providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue The Hotel du Vin, 2 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD (map) Schedule 12:30 – 13:00 – Registration / Working Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 – Annual Financial […]

News 2nd March 2016

Anne Brown sworn in

Pump Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Anne Brown has been sworn in as a recorder on the Northern Circuit. Ms Brown who has specialised in Criminal law and Courts Martial since being called to the Bar in 2000, was sworn in yesterday at a ceremony at Manchester Crown Court.

Blog 2nd March 2016

Article Re F (A Child) (International Relocation Cases) [2015] EWCA Civ 882

The parties (Mother (“M”) and Father (“F”)) were involved in a dispute regarding their 12-year-old daughter (“L”). Cross-applications were made by them, M applying to remove L from England and Wales to take her to Germany, and F applying for a child arrangements order regarding his contact with L. The case was heard at first […]

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